Morihei Ueshiba
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Morihei Ueshiba was a Japanese martial artist and founder of the martial art of aikido. He is often referred to as "the founder" Kaiso or Ōsensei, "Great Teacher".
Morihei Ueshiba Portrait
Morihei Ueshiba at around 35 years old (1918)
Morihei Ueshiba in 1938
The Aiki Shrine in Iwama
Kisshomaru Ueshiba
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Kisshomaru Ueshiba was a Japanese teacher of aikido. He was the son of Morihei Ueshiba. After his father's death in 1969, he became the 2nd Dōshu.
Morihei Ueshiba
…work and serving as the group's "Caretaker of Forms", a role which placed him in charge of overseeing Ōmoto's move towards self-sufficiency. His son Kisshomaru was born in the summer of 1921. Three years later, in 1924, Deguchi led a small group of Ōmoto-kyō disciples, including Ueshiba, on a journey to Mongolia…
Kisshomaru Ueshiba